Improvement in bung-locks



Cthotrh tant HERMANN FISCHER, OF LANESVILLE, IN DIANA.v

Letters Patent No. 108,897, dated November 1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUNG-LOCKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and ma'king part of the same. f

To all whom may concern Be it known that I, HERMANN Fischen, M. D., of

Lanesvillc, in the county of Harrison and State ot 1ndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvev ments in Bung-Locks; and do hereby declare-that the following is a full, clear, and exact description-thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ot reference marked thereon, making a.

partot' this specification. v

'The nature of-my'im'ention consists in the con- Lstruction. and arrangement ot' a hung-loek, closed by means of a ]id,.as will he hereinafter fully setv forth.

In order to enable others skilled in theartto which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and-operation, referring'tothe annexed drawing, in which Figure l is a plan View, and

Figure 2`1s a longitudinal vert-ical section of' my improved bung-lock. i

insertion ot' a strip, a, of leather, which acts as a washer to keep tight when -the lid C is placed on' the same, coveringr the opening.

This lid is secured by screws b b to the plate A, said screws passing through projections on opposite sides of thelid.

In the center of 'the lid Gis a small screw, d, with valve for' the purpose of letting air into the vessel.

The lid G may be secured in various other ways, for instance, as shown in fig. 3, pivoted at onel end and held down by a spring, f, which bears against a guide, h, secured ou the plate A; o r the casing B may project above the plate A, and have increasing ridges, l.: Maud the lid G be in the shape of a` shallow cap, with hooks, z' e', as shown in igs. 4 and 5 or the cap may he screwed on. f

Hence, l do not confine myself to any particular 'mode ot` securing the cap or lid.

Having thus described my invention,..

v A hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Icet#4 ters Patent, s-

In`con1hination with the plate A and casing B, the lid O, provided ,with the valve d and secured to the plate by anysuitable means, substantially for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the toregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 4th day of August, 1870.- HERMANN FISCHER, vM. D.

Witnesses PHIL'n? ZERBEL, CHARLES Saus. 

